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Although he was not himself, he sent his wife and children to their relatives. This time he will go there himself after being assured.
Before leaving for Bhasanchar by boat from Chittagong on Tuesday, he told bdnews24.com, “I was worried about what it would be like to live and eat. So I did not agree to go first. But I have heard from my wife and others that the conditions there They’re better than Teknaf. So I’m going to a new place. “
In the second phase, the Bhasanchargamis said they have taken that path in hopes of staying well, reassured by the words of their relatives and neighbors.
On Tuesday, 1,604 Rohingya refugees boarded a naval ship from Chittagong en route to Bhasanchar in Noakhali. They got there at noon.
The second batch of Rohingya was taken to Shaheen College in Chittagong on Monday night to be transferred from Cox’s Bazar to Bhasanchar. Photo: Sumon Babu
At a cost of Tk 2,312 million rupees with the government’s own funding, infrastructure has been established in 120 cluster villages on the 13,000 acre char to accommodate more than one lakh of people.
Among the Rohingya from Teknaf and Ukhia, 1,642 Rohingya were brought to Bhasanchar in the first phase on 4 December. Several international organizations, including the United Nations, have opposed the move.
Navy officials said the number of Rohingya going to the second round exceeded their expectations.
Rear Admiral of the Commander of the Chittagong Naval Area. Mozammel Haque told reporters: “Although we thought about 12 hundred people would go, in the end 1,604 people will go to Bhasanchar on their own initiative.”
A man named Ansar Ullah said that he was going to Bhasanchar with his three sons and daughters and his wife. In a first phase, brother, sister and brother-in-law went and reported that the situation there was ‘good’. Your living room is beautiful too.
“Before here (Teknaf) we had to live in bamboo houses, pucca houses in new places, they sent photos. It’s good to see them, so I’m going with my family. “
Siddique, 60, came to Bangladesh from Myanmar almost two decades ago in hopes of a better life. He spent most of his life in a small house surrounded by bamboo and polythene in the Teknaf refugee camp with his wife, children and grandchildren.
Two years ago, the government planned to move a portion of the 1.1 million Rohingya living in and out of Cox’s Bazar refugee camp to Bhasan Char on the Meghna estuary near Hatiyar.
Rahima Khatun, who is going to Bhasanchar with her husband and children, told bdnews24.com: “In the first phase, two rivers were going there. As soon as they arrived, they told us that it was better to go there than to Teknaf. “
Many have taken their ducks and chickens on the boat. The children took their favorite toys. Many are boarding the boat at Bhasanchar with their elderly parents on their laps or shoulders.
After dismissing the Rohingya refugees, Rear Admiral Mozammel Haque, the Navy’s Chittagong region commander, told reporters: “The government’s provision of accommodation for Rohingya refugees at a cost of around 3 billion US dollars. Tk is unprecedented in the world. We don’t know of any government that has made such arrangements for displaced people. All civic services have been provided here, including educational institutions and playgrounds. “
He also reported that the Navy will provide food to Rohingya refugees who have arrived in Bhasanchar for the next four days.
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